Opening July 10, 2008 in North Adams MA, Adams MA, and ...everywhere.

“Lumens” is an installation of lamps networked across three spaces: Greylock Arts, MCLA Gallery 51 annex, and Turbulence.org. Scores of lamps that usually inhabit and illuminate the interiors of homes and shops have been borrowed from residents of Adams and North Adams, MA. They are also represented by images and texts on turbulence.org, which serves to connect the two locations telematically.

The lamps have been outfitted with proximity sensors and microcontrollers so that an individual's physical presence illuminates them in all three spaces. Thus, an individual in Adams can communicate his/her presence to an individual in North Adams, and vice versa.

Part of a series of works entitled “Networked Realities: (Re)Connecting the Adamses,” “Lumens” is an illustration and exploration of location, influence, history, and the present.